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- Leading the way, Korea's IT transportation innovations
- Jun 01, 2012
- Fans dressed in red fill an intersection in Daegu for the Korea-Spain match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup (photo: Yonhap News)During the seven games of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, over 10 million Korean soccer fans flocked to the streets of Seoul for hours of enthusiastic cheering ...
- High speed-rail to speed up with HEMU 430-X
- May 24, 2012
- The latest development in Korea’s next-generation high-speed rail technology is set to reduce traveling time between major cities to under an hour and a half. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs unveiled the HEMU 430-X, which reaches a top speed of 430 km/h, at C...
- Arirang 3 in space
- May 19, 2012
- Korea successfully launched its third multipurpose practical satellite on May 18 at 1:39 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan."The Arirang 3 has deployed its solar panels, and begun operations in earnest, communicating with a ground station," announced the Ministry of ...
- Monitoring climate change from Dokdo
- May 18, 2012
- The easternmost islets of Dokdo have become the latest addition to Korea’s comprehensive system for observing climate change. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Ulleungdo-Dokdo Climate Change Observation Center on May 10 in Ulleun...
- High tech, green tech dazzle at Yeosu
- May 17, 2012
- The festivities at Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea are in full swing, and the days following last weekend’s grand opening have brought a nonstop flow of curious visitors to the newly bedecked Yeosu New Port Area. In addition to the national pavilions which display the diversity of the worl...
- Explore new technology at World IT Show
- May 15, 2012
- Much of the cream of the crop of the IT industry worldwide has gathered in Seoul for the World IT Show, where cutting-edge IT companies from around the world show off their new technology and ideas in a variety of creative ways. Kicking off on May 15 at COEX in Seoul, the World I...
- Yeosu Expo: the future of IT expos
- May 11, 2012
- Korea is showing off its IT infrastructure at the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea. Various facilities and buildings at the venue make use of such technology including near field communication (NFC), geographic information system (GIS), and radio frequency identification (RFID). It is expec...
- Welcoming Korea’s first mass-produced electric car
- May 04, 2012
- The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has announced a goal to deploy an additional 2,500 electric cars by the end of 2012. To commemorate the kickoff of this and related policy initiatives designed to encourage electric vehicle deployment throughout Korea, the MOE held a ceremony on ...
- April: the month of science in Korea
- Apr 13, 2012
- As April is the month of science in Korea, government agencies and regional administrations including the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology are offering nearly 700 programs and events nationwide in this month. First, the 45th anniversary ceremony of Science Day will ...
- Korea extends education aid
- Apr 11, 2012
- The Republic of Korea is considered to be on equal footing with advanced countries in science and technology. The International Institute for Management and Development in Geneva, Switzerland (better known as IMD), ranked South Korea fifth in scientific infrastructure, 11th in pa...
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